Oregon Aquatic Pest Control Practice Questions &
100% Correct Answers
ABATEMENT
REDUCTION IN PEST POPULATIONS TO AN ACCEPTABLE LEVEL
ACRE
43,560 square feet
ACTIVE INGREDIENT
The chemical in a formulated product that is responsible for the herbicidal/insecticidal/fungicidal
effects as indicated on the product label.
acute toxicity
THE AMOUNT OF A SUBSTANCE, AS A SINGLE DOSE, WHICH CAUSES POISONING
IN A TEST ANIMAL
adhesive
A SUBSTANCE THAT WILL MAKE SPRAY MATERIAL STICK TO THE SPRAYED
SURFACE, OFTEN REFERRED TO AS A STICKING AGENT
Adjuvant
ANY SUBSTANCE IN A PESTICIDE FORMULATION WHICH ENHANCES
EFFECTIVENESS
ADULTICIDE
AN INSECTICIDE WHICH IS TOXIC TO THE ADULT STAGE OF AN INSECT
,Aerobic
LIVING IN THE PRESENCE OF oxygen
aerosol
suspensions of fine dust or moisture particles IN GAS. PARTICLE DIAMETERS VARY
BETWEEN .1 AND 50 MICRONS
AEROSOL GENERATOR
APPLICATION EQUIPMENT THAT PRODUCES VERY SMALL DROPLETS THAT
MOVE EASILY IN AIR CURRENTS
Algae
NONVASCULAR CHLOROPHYLL CONTAINING PLANTS, USUALLY AQUATIC, CAN
BE FILAMENTOUS OR PLANKTON
ALKALINITY
CONTAINING SODIUM AND POTASSIUM CARBONATE SALTS
AQUATIC PLANT
A PLANT THAT GROWS IN WATER. THERE ARE 3 TYPES, SUBMERGENT, WHICH
GROWS BENEATH THE SURFACE. EMERGENT, WHICH ROOTS BELOW THE
SURFACE BUT HAS FOLIAGE ABOVE THE WATER; AND FLOATING
Arthropods
A group of organisms that have jointed appendages, an exoskeleton, bilateral symmetry, and
reproduce sexually; insects, arachnids, millipedes and centipedes, and crustaceans, scorpions
, biocontrol or biological control
controlling a pest by its natural enemies, including competitive plants; these may already occur
in the area or may need to be introduced
blower type spreader
equipment that releases granules into a blast of air
boom
a section of tubing to which several nozzles are attached for applications to wide areas
botanicals
pesticide active ingredients that are extracted from natural products
bottom layer treatment
application of pesticide that reaches the bottom of a pond, lake, or canal
broadleaf plants
basically classified as dicotyledons. plants have two cotyledon leaves in the seedling stage; true
leaves are broad and have netlike or reticulate veins
brood
all individuals that hatch at one time from eggs laid by the same parents
calibration
determination of application equipment delivery rate per unit area
carrier
100% Correct Answers
ABATEMENT
REDUCTION IN PEST POPULATIONS TO AN ACCEPTABLE LEVEL
ACRE
43,560 square feet
ACTIVE INGREDIENT
The chemical in a formulated product that is responsible for the herbicidal/insecticidal/fungicidal
effects as indicated on the product label.
acute toxicity
THE AMOUNT OF A SUBSTANCE, AS A SINGLE DOSE, WHICH CAUSES POISONING
IN A TEST ANIMAL
adhesive
A SUBSTANCE THAT WILL MAKE SPRAY MATERIAL STICK TO THE SPRAYED
SURFACE, OFTEN REFERRED TO AS A STICKING AGENT
Adjuvant
ANY SUBSTANCE IN A PESTICIDE FORMULATION WHICH ENHANCES
EFFECTIVENESS
ADULTICIDE
AN INSECTICIDE WHICH IS TOXIC TO THE ADULT STAGE OF AN INSECT
,Aerobic
LIVING IN THE PRESENCE OF oxygen
aerosol
suspensions of fine dust or moisture particles IN GAS. PARTICLE DIAMETERS VARY
BETWEEN .1 AND 50 MICRONS
AEROSOL GENERATOR
APPLICATION EQUIPMENT THAT PRODUCES VERY SMALL DROPLETS THAT
MOVE EASILY IN AIR CURRENTS
Algae
NONVASCULAR CHLOROPHYLL CONTAINING PLANTS, USUALLY AQUATIC, CAN
BE FILAMENTOUS OR PLANKTON
ALKALINITY
CONTAINING SODIUM AND POTASSIUM CARBONATE SALTS
AQUATIC PLANT
A PLANT THAT GROWS IN WATER. THERE ARE 3 TYPES, SUBMERGENT, WHICH
GROWS BENEATH THE SURFACE. EMERGENT, WHICH ROOTS BELOW THE
SURFACE BUT HAS FOLIAGE ABOVE THE WATER; AND FLOATING
Arthropods
A group of organisms that have jointed appendages, an exoskeleton, bilateral symmetry, and
reproduce sexually; insects, arachnids, millipedes and centipedes, and crustaceans, scorpions
, biocontrol or biological control
controlling a pest by its natural enemies, including competitive plants; these may already occur
in the area or may need to be introduced
blower type spreader
equipment that releases granules into a blast of air
boom
a section of tubing to which several nozzles are attached for applications to wide areas
botanicals
pesticide active ingredients that are extracted from natural products
bottom layer treatment
application of pesticide that reaches the bottom of a pond, lake, or canal
broadleaf plants
basically classified as dicotyledons. plants have two cotyledon leaves in the seedling stage; true
leaves are broad and have netlike or reticulate veins
brood
all individuals that hatch at one time from eggs laid by the same parents
calibration
determination of application equipment delivery rate per unit area
carrier
